Penclawdd Sunset

Thursday, October 04, 2012
Adam Tilt
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With the terrible weather we've been having recently you would think that colourful sunsets were probably off the table. In fact the opposite seems to have been true as a couple of my recent posts on here can attest to. The occasional spell of evening sunshine has not only been working fantastically well in conjunction with the ever present storm clouds, but its scarcity has also encouraged me to get out there more often in the first place. As a result I've taken some of my most dramatic landscapes on Gower to date with Saturday providing another such 'golden' opportunity (I can hear your groans from here). Our chosen destination this time was Penclawdd where I was hoping the very high tide would provide some great reflections. The sea and moon definitely played ball on that front but alas the sun had clearly not read my memo. Instead of slotting down through the main channel it instead went into hiding behind the local church. It was too late to change position (Llanelli foreshore would have been ideal), but I'm still more than pleased with my results.

I've used the same locations several times now and am planning on trying out a few new sites in the near future. As I've mentioned previously the Bulwark on Llanmadoc Hill is definitely top of my list, but Port Eynon and even the Helvetia shipwreck are opportunities that I have yet to fully explore. Who knows, I may even attempt a sunrise sometime soon if I can just convince myself to get up early enough!

It's a long time, Adam, since we were up on the Bulwark ... and we picked a 'special' day in the year quite unwittingly when zillions of flying ants hatch out. Our little cappuccino-coloured Peugeot turned black!

About Me

Hello! I'm a thirty something lover of the great outdoors, currently based in Wales but spending an ever increasing amount of time further north, particularly on the Isle of Mull.
This blog is the place where I share my adventures be they walking, birding, kayaking or basically anything else that involves getting out there and exploring.

About My Life Outside

Welcome to 'My Life Outside', the personal blog of Adam Tilt through which I aim to share with you the places that I visit and the wildlife that I see on my travels around the UK. My primary interest is in birds and bird photography, but when they aren't playing ball I turn my attention to pretty much everything else.

I am based in a village on the outskirts of Swansea, South Wales. My regular haunts include the Gower Peninsula, the Burry Inlet, Pembrokeshire and the Isle of Mull - all locations with stunning scenery and a vast array of wildlife. Many of the posts on this blog serve as a diary through which I detail my adventures and show the photographs that I have taken. I aim to impart some of my local knowledge along the way and encourage others to get out exploring for themselves. If you want to get involved then please leave comments and follow the blog.